Re: tipc_config.h requires linux/string.h, which does not exist in exported headers

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Tue Oct 30 2007 - 18:18:59 EST


On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 03:05:37PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:59:26 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > I think the thing to do is just __KERNEL__ protect the
> > <linux/string.h> include and require userspace to
> > include <string.h> itself when using these headers.
> >
> > That's what I'm testing right now.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure those inlines are indeed used by userspace.
>
> Actually, I'm tempted to put <string.h> in the ifndef __KERNEL__
> block of that header.

Something like this..
I like it - much better than adding string.h to unidef-y.
PS - had not pulled latest -linus - so you must update Kbuild.
PPS - tipc.h should be exported too as I understood Stephen.

Sam

diff --git a/include/linux/tipc_config.h b/include/linux/tipc_config.h
index b0c916d..30ddf1e 100644
--- a/include/linux/tipc_config.h
+++ b/include/linux/tipc_config.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
#define _LINUX_TIPC_CONFIG_H_

#include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/string.h>
#include <asm/byteorder.h>

/*
@@ -390,7 +389,8 @@ struct tipc_cfg_msg_hdr
#define TCM_LENGTH(datalen) (sizeof(struct tipc_cfg_msg_hdr) + datalen)
#define TCM_SPACE(datalen) (TCM_ALIGN(TCM_LENGTH(datalen)))
#define TCM_DATA(tcm_hdr) ((void *)((char *)(tcm_hdr) + TCM_LENGTH(0)))
-
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
+#include <string.h>
static inline int TCM_SET(void *msg, __u16 cmd, __u16 flags,
void *data, __u16 data_len)
{
@@ -406,5 +406,5 @@ static inline int TCM_SET(void *msg, __u16 cmd, __u16 flags,
memcpy(TCM_DATA(msg), data, data_len);
return TCM_SPACE(data_len);
}
-
+#endif /* ifndef __KERNEL__ */
#endif
-
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